The date and character of Micah's prophecy

The prophecy of Micah is of the same date, and, up to a certain
point, has the same character as that of Isaiah. That is to say,
it treats especially of the introduction of the Messiah into the
scene of the development of God's dealings towards Israel, and
even speaks particularly of His presence in connection with the
attack of the Assyrian This prophecy has nevertheless its own
peculiar character; it enters, like those of Hosea and Amos, into
the moral condition of the people, and connects the judgment of
the world at large with the condition of the Jews, as we have had
it typically brought before us in Jonah. Samaria also is in part
the subject of this prophecy, so that its application extends to
all Israel.